more than a hundred and twenty injured after two powerful bomb blasts in russia's republic of dagestan the terrorist attacks takes place near a police checkpoint in the capital much color that's now cross live to us he's from thomas for the latest social please update us on what the investigators are saying so far. will you at this point it is being called officially a terrorist attack let me run through the course of events late thursday night car that was stopped at a police checkpoint in the russian republic of dagestan in fact the capital of. detonated itself and then in the ensuing chaos as emergency crews and firefighters came to fight the blaze that ensued a second bomb went off about twenty minutes later it is believed that bomb could have been hidden in a parked car near the same at checkpoint now at this point more than a dozen have been killed and more than one hundred twenty have been injured and again this has officially been called

a terrorist attack and this is not new to the area in fact this is an ongoing battle in the russian caucasus region the region has been suffering attacks by islamist terrorist groups international cells that russian officials have linked to groups like al qaeda in fact in mid february group of terrorists or militants were killed in a gun battle with russian security forces that happened in mid february and then also in the past two months march and april there have been blasts in. as well as doug a stan and in two thousand and eleven just to kind of bring you up to speed as far as how this has been going on a terrorist leader with possible links to al qaeda in fact officials saying that it was linked to al qaeda was killed in the region as well so this is an ongoing battle and as far as this particular incident we know that more than a dozen have been killed and more than one hundred twenty injured and investigators are now. looking into who could have been behind this possible attack. and we'll

talk to you later of course sean thomas reporting there live from moscow. and terrorism in the north caucuses has for long been considered a domestic issue but last year the u.s. included russia's top terrorist fugitive docket maro on its own most wanted list dr wade for arrest a counterterrorism advisor to the u.s. congress explains why and wide of use now being taken care of all and more information is coming both to congress and the administration about the connections between those you harvey networks in just your darkest on the one hand and those present in north africa and in the middle number two because the evidence we're getting from carrot individuals in afghanistan for example places where by they do admit to be have worked with the caucus based you harness on the one hand and with what you see on the web site this information is available for all these reasons together been anticipated decided to put them on the international bits which is

a good thing because they're supported from between russia and united states we do not see eye to eye on many things but at least on that one it's in the interest of everybody great powers come together against terrorists. that will retreat from washington towards iran is again being round top just ahead of this second round of high level international talks on the country's nuclear program u.s. military top brass claim they would need just three weeks to defeat iran's armed forces or he's going at each account looks at whether it's just more tough talk or preparation for real action. the pentagon says they're just doing some contingency planning in case you were in attempts to close the strait of hormuz or attacks u.s. ships in the persian gulf but analysts say it's the kind of planning that drives the tensions to a whole new level now it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that iran is encircled militarily here is the iran and here are the countries in red where the u.s.

has military presence we've tried to put on the map those u.s. bases which have been reported about in the flashing blue here here you have the friendly arab countries right next to qatar bahrain which hosts the u.s. fifth fleet that's forty ships sixteen thousand personnel two huge aircraft carriers kuwait which right after the drawdown in iraq the u.s. there has increased the size of standby combat force america's air force army navy and marines are boldly position oman and the united arab emirates the soundness of the iran. in turkey and israel to the west and afghanistan and pakistan in the east most recently the u.s. air force has this match the number of f. twenty two raptor strike fighters to a base in the united arab emirates and here it is the brand new penetrating strike fighter the move has caused backlash from tehran in addition to the hardware u.s.

central command says there are about one hundred twenty five thousand u.s. troops in close proximity to iran not to mention new drone bases in undisclosed locations also in the region u.s. officials say an enhanced presence in the gulf is meant to serve as a quote quick reaction contingency force not simply as a prelude to war but the buildup seems to exacerbate the hostile talk which may one point turn into an all out confrontation the military is of course no match to the american military might after all the talk. about the country that spends on its military more than the next ten top defense spending countries combined so crushing new rand is in america's power but emily's most analysts agree it's also in its power is producing the kind of instability in the region that would be far worse than what came out of iraq and afghanistan. and here's some of what's ahead for you in the program china accuses the u.s.

team to fearing its internal affairs and a continuing run of a chinese activist childhood repeat by the american embassy dominating hillary clinton's visit to the country. also to new plan germany holds atomic power but some voiced concerns the green energy which will replace it may not be as friendly a solution as it seems. that slated to be filled out president medvedev prepares to leave the kremlin as he finishes his stand of office on monday hunting out of it to vladimir putin although credited for liberal views on the push for as well as steering a reset in relations with the u.s. made about its presidency also saw some of the largest protests in modern russian history she's an isa now it now takes a look at what legacy he leaves for russia. but he didn't but i c's gave you get out see did meet the other two each me to be a. one term in the kremlin was it too little time to make

a dent in mr medvedev is going to be remembered as someone who had genuine reform intentions and who was impeded on achieving all of those reforms through the political process through the structure of the political system. at the dawn of his presidency georgia attacked south is said here by the media and much of the world community blamed russia destroy. that only but he did the actions on the georgian side led to deaths among them a russian peacekeepers children women the elderly a dying in south. most of them are citizens of the russian federation those responsible for the deaths of our citizens will be punished mr. billson the misconception that russia attacked georgia put serious strain on international ties into an independent council of europe report up held that georgia launched the

attack for months medvedev spahn policy was overshadowed by the war but it wasn't long before our warming in u.s. relations something many argue is his foreign policy legacy he was the russian president at the time of the reset button press and u.s. and russian relations devalue him for over the next few years by twenty ten medvedev and obama signed a new start and cut both country's nuclear arsenals by a third. as a result of hard work we've created a treaty that fully complies with the interests of both russia and the us back home medvedev wants reforms focusing on the justice. system and rule of law. one the people behind bars. this persecution. business

people. just justified persecution. corruption and i think that he has managed to start some cases jump start the process. but little changed on high profile cases like me ski presses former richest man still serving his sentence for economic crimes madrid has pushed for modernization and diversification could have been a highlight of his presidency and he still has a chance to if he presses on as prime minister and we can be sure that without modernization the russian economy has no future it may be based on vast natural resources but we cannot rely only on them the job swap with putin was the last straw for medvedev supporters who hoped he would run for a second term but the secrecy and surprise of the smart added to the negative sentiment prior to the biggest protests russia had seen in hears.

in december after claims of vote fraud in the parliamentary election medvedev came back on line and laid out changes but his response was too little too late yet but if i propose complex reforms to our political system. i don't discuss that i hear the people who are demanding changes and i understand i can with. the outlined a series of measures including the easy registration for political parties and direct polls for regional leaders maybe it is administration continues to strasse how much work is left as he prepares to step aside as president and take over as prime minister i have loved. president bush and all initiatives all the strategy has been discussed with him here you proved all the things the government was vehicle to implement all the initiatives.

by prison. the critics aren't convinced debates are buzzing over what mitt did its legacy will be and how his policies might be implemented with blue chip back in the family but maybe it's because it's moved as president would have only seen it real results during or even after a second term in office even the price should not be a problem between what we did as president what he might do. and he's now a heartbeat. later today an exclusive peek behind the kremlin walls for you with his selfish are not meeting some of those who do unique and unusual jobs and russia center of power join me on a journey to the heart of the problem to a place is hidden from the tourists he's going to meet some real kremlin insiders although they may not be the usual news makers you see on t.v.

. at least. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has told chinese president hu jintao that relations between their countries are stronger than ever sure is appears an attempt at a pattern of a mounting series differences during her visit as an extremely delicate time between the two beijing accuses the u.s. of meddling in its internal affairs after the american embassy briefly shelled or the chinese dissident activist and it's also noid by washington's military buildup

in the asia pacific an apparent effort to contain china's growing regional clout and dr kahn houghton from the foreign policy in focus think time as he leaves american policy towards china is like cold war a trick which is threatened by polar kind of relationship because in many ways one of china's very number one trade partner. a whole trillions of dollars in u.s. spawns we are all kind of locked into an international market so on one level the cooperation is sourced on the us by the fact that we're so into a link at the same time you get this. growing military tension and chinese are also very uncomfortable about the fact that about eighty percent of their energy suppliers arrive by sea generally through the yellow sea those to the supplies are basically controlled those waters are controlled by the u.s.

fifth fleet and the u.s. seventh fleet and that makes a chinese nervous. and the tylenol hillary clinton's visit to china is also covered in our website on t. dot com and we've got plenty more in store there for you to make a movie a london deployed missiles on houses ahead of this year's somebody summer olympics for the first time since the second world war find out why london is a concerned about the mood online. with the last part lab for our flip while some at any rate with talk of new moves to leave the band marionette for sportsman this kind of white at r.t. dot com. the popular sharing website mega amplitude has started to get. seen and local court

ruled the confiscation of his fortune was illegal king dot com is congregate facing extradition to the us what you're facing charges of money no one train wreck a tearing and copyright infringement american authorities shut down mega opp loading january while dot com and his fellow execute exec saves were arrested in new zealand at a us request but the voices are growing louder in america than the prosecution of the website on its own is unlawful and law professor ari goldman is that the shutdown was simply a gift to the entertainment industry there are very tightly encourages between the government and the content industry so for example many of the people who are in the government work on the content industry and many of the people in the government will get jobs in the content industry after they're done as a result they understand each other's issues very well they've been there firsthand in addition the content industry contributes a significant amount of money to the administration and to the other politicians

who are decision makers as a result they get a great deal of influence over what the government does and that's part of the reason why. we're wondering if the megaupload prosecution it's really the beginning of that content industry being able to tell the government to do its dirty work for it and so the battle be never ending content owners will always want more control but the battle without the turns out well for us because we have consumers will lose in at least one if many of those other four. and later today security scares over the new timeline on facebook and peta levels debate cross-talk. going to be a lot of unexpected ways in which that information which are being sort of encouraged to post is then used and it surprises you again new recent story which is that this is actually a russian location company i free innovations created called girls around me which is polling publicly available information both from facebook and another company foursquare where you basically post your locations and created an app called girls

around me where of someone was in a neighborhood they suddenly got a map showing them where young women are in bars and restaurants in their neighborhood right which is a kind of creepy right it's like. a regular. japan is set to turn off its last working reactor this weekend leaving one of the world's largest industrial powers without a source of nuclear power for the first time in almost fifty years the government has bowed to public pressure following last year's disaster at the fukushima reactor after the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami and dr hold hayden professor of physics at the university of connecticut believes however it's just a matter of time before tokyo turns their reactors back on. they have fifty four reactors and they have one of them operating but it will be down for

refueling as it is what they're doing is burning a lot of residual oil and the the pact on the price of residual oil has been felt awful as far away as whole y. e where the price for electricity now is very very high because of that that decision to shut the nukes and but it's costing them very dearly they have gotten early ill enough electricity and they have actually called on some factories to cut back their operations quite a bit they will probably go back to nuclear in due time it's because money talks it's. and in the wake of japan's crisis germany decided to scrap its atomic plans replacing them with ne a noble and greener energy sources but the rush to scale back nuclear energy has had consequences to the group is going off explains. green energy or bust

in just eight years the german government plans for the nation to generate more than a third of its energy from renewable sources and powering up at least eighty percent in forty years germany. and restructure the whole energy to make less. oil along with solar power and biofuel five thousand new winter bines in nearly three thousand miles of power lines are said to be built but the perceived eco friendly future is giving some here the shivers. up lives in a village that's right next to wind farm field he says the machines are so noisy many locals complain of sleep disorders in even heart problems and property prices have already plummeted between thirty and fifty percent of the low frequency sound waves are a big problem some may get a high blood pressure or high points many can sleep one night and often drives five

to ten kilometers away and sleeps in his car. what's more the turbines track record has energy analysts in a spin you have to have all this backup capacity you have to have her station so you can easily switch on and off when the wind isn't blowing and that usually means coal fired power stations or gas fired power stations and of course having all that capacity just lying there waiting if the wind drops doesn't mean of course added costs the public appetite for atomic energy nosedived a year ago when japan was taken to the brink of nuclear catastrophe by the week's tragedy with a country still battling to stabilize its volatile reactors germany is in vast. hundred billion euros to replace its seventeen nuclear reactors but even some officials there agree counting on renewable energy could be too much of a high voltage risk for the economy with germany being the biggest energy consumer

in the european union its renewable energy plans are truly among the most ambitious projects of the decade as long as the state of the order forms don't end up bringing the country's economy to a grinding halt you've got risk on all of germany and the let's take a look in brief at some other news from around the world this hour at least sixteen people are dead in northwestern pakistan after a suicide bomber at a police checkpoint that type in the bashar tribal region was beside a crowded street market one of the officers killed in the blast had received a presidential award for fighting the taliban now a group has admitted responsibility that islamist militants battling for control of the are going border region are suspected. violent clashes between doctors medical students and the riot police have been continuing in believe you're protests over the past month have demanded the resignation of the country's health minister has brought in longer working hours and aspirations in la paz blocked

traffic with police firing tear gas and rubber bullets to clear demonstrate to. prosecutors of former liberian president charles taylor suggest he should get eighty years in prison for war crimes during these here a long civil war lords and the hague international court which found him guilty last month say the extreme magnitude of the offenses warrant such a long sentence taylor bank sierra leone rebels have killed tens of thousands of people in return for diamonds and he was also convicted of rape and murder and will be sentenced this. time now to check what's happening in the world of business with marina so hi there merino what's in store for us this hour. hi you know basically in terms of markets today all eyes on the u.s. because we're expecting to get a monthly jobs report for the month of april that is and if it falls below expectations we are expecting to see markets go into the right across the board by the end of the day so we'll be looking out for that as well as investors often are

less like a look at currencies the euro has managed to bounce back from two week lows and it's again in against the dollar and that's of course after the european central bank did say that the region's economy is likely to recover this year when it comes to the ruble it lost against both major currencies on thursday and of course we'll give you the updated figures for that when the russian markets open which is in less than an hour from now on the thursday and that the trade in session in the red the artsy has lost over half a percent of the mice that slows just under a quarter of a her side basically tracking some of the losses that we saw overseas and it was pretty much a volatile session throughout i have to say ok moving on to asia which is a very only one trading at the moment when it comes to the neck and it's close because japan is celebrating a public holiday but when it comes to the hang sang and still shot in point seven percent this hour and we have basically investors reacting to weaker commodity prices as well as losses on wall street well and all the news we have tell us about

facebook's initial public offering the company has sucked the share price between twenty eight and thirty five dollars per share value in the company between eighty five to ninety five billion dollars the i.p.o. is of course that's be the largest ever for and see the net for an even bigger than google's i can see thousand and four and it's all expected to begin on the eighteenth of may. the united arab emirates has completed a new pipeline sapulpa oil bypassing the strait of hormuz the new routes will be able to supply around two thirds of the country's crude outlets and of course currently almost all of the. u.a.s. or oil and twenty percent of global deliveries are transported through the straits of hormuz which is controlled by iran earlier the country threw out since a blockage as a reaction to sanctions from western countries over its nuclear program. back to

russia for the days of course before president elect glad the upwards and takes over and there's already talk about who will be the new members of the government the current president of course for his in the has already set out his goals for his new role as prime minister and the we spoke to the russian economy school had sygate gritty f. and he outlined the what's been done in order to make sure that president medved this promises are achieved the recent speech by me was already quite specific instead of saying that we will be doing modernization the innovation this is how many jobs we want to create this is called being the middle class should be the higher the life expectancy should be this is how much we want to grow the productivity of russian companies so he gave numbers but then. the next question is whether if a ministry or a minister feels to achieve the target will this mean it's going to be. fine

and this is exactly where the culture of. either works or doesn't so i think in the year or two we'll see how serious maybe it was government. next hour i'll have the update it figures for the rush of markets for you when they open fantastic thank you very much indeed marina we'll see you next hour and coming up in a few minutes almost eight hundred military bases a question of a million of all may pass now america's enriching the globe with a web of war they dangers of which we explore in our special report that's after remind our top story.

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welcome via this is a quick check of the headlines. twin terror attacks hate the russian north caucuses as two powerful blasts in the republic of dagestan leave at least thirteen dead and over one hundred twenty injured associate a target detonated a bomb in his car at a police checkpoint with a second explosion going on one rescue teams have right. to return to war a trick against iran as the u.s. military claims it could destroy ten on its own forces in less than a month this comes as the u.s. continues to build up its military presence in the region. that japan is set to shut down its final nuclear reactor said the last of the country's fifty eight such facilities the government move comes up to public opposition to nuclear energy pulling last year's because from a design.